Subject: Stop the Sequester
From: "Debbie Wasserman Schultz" <[email-masked]>
To: "Robert Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:00:16 -0500

The Democratic Party
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Robert --
 
Congressional Republicans have taken their partisan 
brinkmanship to an entirely new level.

Unless they act by March 1st, billions of dollars in automatic 
cuts -- the so-called sequester -- will start to take effect. 
If it does, more than 2 million jobs could be lost, 70,000 
children would be kicked off of Head Start, and 10,000 
teachers' jobs would be put at risk.

With this fiscal crisis looming, what did John Boehner and 
Republican leadership do? They went on vacation, calling 
recess for the House this week even though Democrats 
voted to stay and work to avert this crisis.

This is no time for recess. It's time for them to do their job.

Demand Republicans in Congress come back to the table 
and work with the President to avoid this crisis. Sign the 
petition now:

http://my.democrats.org/Sequester

The unbelievable thing is -- this crisis is completely avoidable.

The President has laid out a specific plan with detailed cuts to 
avoid the sequester and reduce the deficit in a balanced way, and 
Democrats in Congress have put forward a balanced approach as 
well.

But Republicans in Congress would rather see our recovery and 
middle-class economic security be put at risk than close one tax 
loophole for big corporations and the wealthiest among us.

John Boehner and House Republican leaders need to hear from 
thousands of Americans across the country that they must come 
back to the table and work with us to avoid these automatic cuts. 
The only way they'll do their job is if our overwhelming response 
leaves them no choice.

Sign the petition now:

http://my.democrats.org/Sequester

Together, we can do this.

Thanks,

Debbie

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair
Democratic National Committee

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